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Bit Gold
Nick Szabo 1998 proposal for decentralized digital currency using proof-of-work, widely regarded as the most direct architectural precursor to Bitcoin.
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Nick SzaboAuthor
Cryptographer who coined smart contracts in 1994 and designed Bit Gold in 1998, a proof-of-work digital currency seen as the closest precursor to Bitcoin.
Satoshi NakamotoRelated
Pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin who published the whitepaper in October 2008, launched the network in January 2009, then vanished from public view in 2010.
Bitcoin WhitepaperRelated
Satoshi Nakamoto nine-page paper from October 2008 introducing Bitcoin as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system without relying on trusted third parties.
b-moneyRelated
Wei Dai 1998 proposal for decentralized anonymous digital cash, the first reference in the Bitcoin whitepaper and a key precursor to Bitcoin design.
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Nick SzaboAuthor
Cryptographer who coined smart contracts in 1994 and designed Bit Gold in 1998, a proof-of-work digital currency seen as the closest precursor to Bitcoin.
Eric HughesRelated
Mathematician and co-founder of the cypherpunks mailing list in 1992, author of A Cypherpunk Manifesto that laid the ideological groundwork for Bitcoin.
Bitcoin WhitepaperRelated
Satoshi Nakamoto nine-page paper from October 2008 introducing Bitcoin as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system without relying on trusted third parties.
b-moneyRelated
Wei Dai 1998 proposal for decentralized anonymous digital cash, the first reference in the Bitcoin whitepaper and a key precursor to Bitcoin design.